commands to be violent replace commands to be patient]^513

6:159 Lo! As for those who sunder

their religion and become schismatics,

no concern at all hast thou with them.

Their case will go to Allah, Who then

will tell them what they used to do.

[Cancelled by verse 9:5]^514

6:160 Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive tenfold the
like thereof, while whoso bringeth an ill-deed will be
awarded but the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.
6:161 Say: Lo! As for me, my Lord hath guided me unto a
straight path, a right religion, the community of Abraham,
the upright, who was no IDOLATER.
6:162 Say: Lo! my worship and my sacrifice and my living
and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
6:163 HE HATH NO PARTNER. THIS AM I COMMANDED,
AND I AM FIRST OF THOSE WHO SURRENDER (UNTO HIM).
6:164 Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord, when
He is Lord of all things? Each soul earneth only on its own
account, nor doth any laden bear another’s load. Then unto
your Lord is your return and He will tell you that wherein ye
differed.
6:165 He it is Who hath placed you as viceroys of the earth
and hath exalted some of you in rank above others, that He
may try you by (the test of) that which He hath given you.
Lo! Thy Lord is swift in prosecution, and Lo! He verily is